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Nick Vermeil said:
Oh Christ. New pressure today for something I can't enjoy until tomorrow.  What have I done?  
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you can always just wait until tomorrow. I don't want any buyer's remorse here. you'll also feel good skipping by all the suckers in line as you go to the counter to pick up your lunch.

can also pick spots in the 40s between our offices and meet me there.

 
Nick Vermeil said:
So I'm in.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have to decide what I want to eat tomorrow tonight?  
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you got confirmation? did it say anything about my email? I've gotten bupkis... and tbh, had pretty low expectations that this whole $50 thing will come off without lots of hitches.

 
Major said:
That was before my time but the blackout of 2003 was a lot of fun except for the whole lack of electricity thing.  One of my favorite memories from my 10 years in NYC.  
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When that happened it scared the bejeebuz out of me.  I was on Long Island, working at my home office.  When it hit, was during the day I believe, and there was this REALLY eerily scary sound, almost like when a manual air raid siren winds down (starts at a higher pitch, kinda whines as it dies down... SLOWly).

Then, BOOM, no electricity.  Then it happened again.  My guess is it must have been local transformers or something shutting down, but with the two sets of noises and then nothing, coming only 2 years after 9/11, I really thought we might have just been attacked again.

Then of course, nothing happened.  Except we sweated our balls off sleeping on the basement floor and occasionally getting an hour of AC going in the car. 

 
El Floppo said:
hey- for anybody interested in Mealpal, the lunch program where you pre-buy lunches at various neighborhood restaurants (they have one meal per day available- so you don't get a choice, other than choosing between many restaurants)... today only, they're giving away $50 amazon cards to anybody I sign up.. plus I get the same for each person.

I've been using this for several months... ends up being right about $7 per lunch, all-in. and I'm eating at all the same spots (minus pret a manger) I'd normally eat it for $12-15. alidoro, grk, chop't, etc, etc. tons of options.

let me know if you're interested... free money.
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Fwiw.... This is available in other cities.

 
Vandal is the same restaurant group as Tao. Was actually supposed to eat there a few weeks ago, but had to cancel. Wife wants to go there, obviously the housewifes discuss it as a 'trendy spot.'

 
fantasycurse42 said:
Vandal is the same restaurant group as Tao. Was actually supposed to eat there a few weeks ago, but had to cancel. Wife wants to go there, obviously the housewifes discuss it as a 'trendy spot.'
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it's dog-food.

you want trendy- go to Stanton Social or Beauty & Essex... very good food at both.

eta: and dammit- I just thought it felt the same as Tao. of course its' the same.

 
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El Floppo said:
it's dog-food.

you want trendy- go to Stanton Social or Beauty & Essex... very good food at both.

eta: and dammit- I just thought it felt the same as Tao. of course its' the same.
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Had a good meal at Beauty & Essex... met the wife there and she couldn't figure out where it was bc the front is that old pawn shoppish like place :doh:

 
Koya said:
When that happened it scared the bejeebuz out of me.  I was on Long Island, working at my home office.  When it hit, was during the day I believe, and there was this REALLY eerily scary sound, almost like when a manual air raid siren winds down (starts at a higher pitch, kinda whines as it dies down... SLOWly).

Then, BOOM, no electricity.  Then it happened again.  My guess is it must have been local transformers or something shutting down, but with the two sets of noises and then nothing, coming only 2 years after 9/11, I really thought we might have just been attacked again.

Then of course, nothing happened.  Except we sweated our balls off sleeping on the basement floor and occasionally getting an hour of AC going in the car. 
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I was driving home from work on Long Island when pretty much all the radio stations went out. Of course you think the worst right away but one station did manage to stay on and I heard about the blackout.

That's the second time my wife had to walk home to Queens from work.

 
Grill 21 was excellent.  I never had Filipino food before and really enjoyed it.

Walking there going through Gramercy, there are a lot of beautiful women around.  Damn.

 
jamny said:
Koya said:
When that happened it scared the bejeebuz out of me.  I was on Long Island, working at my home office.  When it hit, was during the day I believe, and there was this REALLY eerily scary sound, almost like when a manual air raid siren winds down (starts at a higher pitch, kinda whines as it dies down... SLOWly).

Then, BOOM, no electricity.  Then it happened again.  My guess is it must have been local transformers or something shutting down, but with the two sets of noises and then nothing, coming only 2 years after 9/11, I really thought we might have just been attacked again.

Then of course, nothing happened.  Except we sweated our balls off sleeping on the basement floor and occasionally getting an hour of AC going in the car. 
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I was driving home from work on Long Island when pretty much all the radio stations went out. Of course you think the worst right away but one station did manage to stay on and I heard about the blackout.

That's the second time my wife had to walk home to Queens from work.
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we were on a train to the MD shore when it happened- an hour earlier and we would have been stuck on amtrak somewhere in NJ or PA. we missed the entire thing, came back a week later.

 
Nick Vermeil said:
Chorizo chicken bowl set for pickup 
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how's it been working out? 

I'm eating a spicy salmon bowl from sushi-teria right now.

eta.. fwiw- to maximize quality, I tend to avoid the deli-bars and stick with the more food-type specific places. but sometimes the deli-bars have fancy sounding names that trick me. :shakesfist: 

 
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El Floppo said:
how's it been working out? 

I'm eating a spicy salmon bowl from sushi-teria right now.

eta.. fwiw- to maximize quality, I tend to avoid the deli-bars and stick with the more food-type specific places. but sometimes the deli-bars have fancy sounding names that trick me. :shakesfist: 
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How is Sushi-teria?  Was Homer Simpson correct when he said that all good things end in "teria" or "mania"

 
El Floppo said:
how's it been working out? 

I'm eating a spicy salmon bowl from sushi-teria right now.

eta.. fwiw- to maximize quality, I tend to avoid the deli-bars and stick with the more food-type specific places. but sometimes the deli-bars have fancy sounding names that trick me. :shakesfist: 
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For me, this thing is basically just a conduit for cheap meals from Roast. Those meals have been good so far but will get old if I can't find some other options.  I'm handicapped by the fact that there are no participants north of me due to the park and there are few participants around me due to the rent. I haven't made any discoveries of places I don't already know so I may have to branch out further from the office.

My other knock on the service is the small time window for pickup. I didn't anticipate it being a problem but I almost missed my pickup today because my boss came in for an unscheduled conference call with the lawyers.  I'll have to work that out somehow.

But the checkbook looks good so I'm going to try to make it work for a few months.  

 
Nick Vermeil said:
For me, this thing is basically just a conduit for cheap meals from Roast. Those meals have been good so far but will get old if I can't find some other options.  I'm handicapped by the fact that there are no participants north of me due to the park and there are few participants around me due to the rent. I haven't made any discoveries of places I don't already know so I may have to branch out further from the office.

My other knock on the service is the small time window for pickup. I didn't anticipate it being a problem but I almost missed my pickup today because my boss came in for an unscheduled conference call with the lawyers.  I'll have to work that out somehow.

But the checkbook looks good so I'm going to try to make it work for a few months.  
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I've been an hour+ late and half an hour early for pickups... hasn't been an issue.

there are a ton of places north of me in the 40s- so south of you... surprised you're not seeing much. it has allowed/forced me to venture out past my usual 1 block radius to try spots I'd never bothered to look at before. the citibike has also been my friend for this- took it from my spot on 39th and 5th down to 33rd and 5th to get my su####eria lunch today- took about a minute.

eta: huh. sushi-teria. ohhhhhhh... right. 

 
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Huh... thought I wrote about our trip to jacob riis in the rockaways a few weeks ago- guess not.

we took the ferry from wall st (aka ikea ferry station) and it was awesome- brand new ferry, nice refreshments on board (and vacationy beach things like games, sunscreen, etc), every thing clean... and just being out on the water (instead of the A train) is so nice. bit of a wait for the ferry (30 minutes) in a long line, but only the cost of a subway ride. 1 hr ride later, air-conditioned shuttle bus waiting for us in the rockaways that took us to jacob riis.

it was crowded, but not in a coney-island kind of way... people more respectful- no loud music, no smoking, no pulling their towels and umbrellas right up on your ####. and the water was and beach much nicer and cleaner than coney too. then there were nice spots on the boardwalk for stuff- food, drink (including booze), beach gear to rent, etc.

I've lived here 30ish years, and never once made it out to the rockaways for some reason. with the new ferries especially, that will change.

speaking of the ferries... took floppinha to pier 6 and the water/swings park in Brooklyn on Sat. blazing hot and super crowded in the water section- but a really nice time. like a trooper, she didn't complain once regarding the heat or long walk to pier 1 so daddy could see anish kapoor's "descension" whirlpool and she could go on the carousel. didn't even want to stop to play pingpong or hit the playground on one of the other piers (4, IIRC). the old warehouse next to St Annes is finally open with a couple of restaurants, bk historical society museum and rooftop with nice viewing area. took the ferry from pier 1 back to wall street and home.... great day.

CRAZY how many tourists are around that section of brooklyn now.

 
In on Mealpal with the Flop.

There's a new sandwich place not far from me that has looked pretty good but I could tell was overpriced. Their offering tomorrow is right up my alley, and at $6 and change, well worth it I'm guessing. 

I could see willpower being a problem with this. I eat pretty healthy for lunch and do so by sticking with a few normal options in my rotation. Here though, it was hard to select the fairly healthy sandwich with "cheese calzone and garlic knots" staring me in the face as the first option. 

 
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RUSF18 said:
In on Mealpal with the Flop.

There's a new sandwich place not far from me that has looked pretty good but I could tell was overpriced. Their offering tomorrow is right up my alley, and at $6 and change, well worth it I'm guessing. 

I could see willpower being a problem with this. I eat pretty healthy for lunch and do so by sticking with a few normal options in my rotation. Here though, it was hard to select the fairly healthy sandwich with "cheese calzone and garlic knots" staring me in the face as the first option. 
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there are a lot of sandwiches on the menu- something I mostly cut out of my lunches long ago. also some fantastic looking but rice-heavy chinese and indian looking dishes (I resist wok to walk as much as possible... lots of noodles and grease- but damn good).

but there are lots of salads available (I'm getting the capri at alidoro tomorrow- mixed greens, chicken, pesto, pinenuts, other stuff) as well as salad/rice bowls and other less carby alternatives. just put the numbers through my office's supercomputer... $6.95 per meal, all-in.

that Roast place nick and FC were talking about... sells out at 5 on the dot. I've never gotten to try it.

 
it appears this is the last day for the $50 amazon card... if any of you are interested, shoot me a pm.

thank you nick and rusf for joining up :thumbup:  ... hoping that amazon thing actually happens for all of us. I'll be honest- I didn't bother reading the fine-print.

 
MealPal is mostly a disappoint so far for me based on lack of choice. Cool service, crap neighborhood. I'm sticking in at least until I get my amazon card.  

 
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El Floppo said:
Sorry GB. I'd have thought every spot on 56th would be in there
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I just spent some time skimming the map because I'm sitting in the dark hoping my kids will sleep. In your neighborhood you have at least 40 choices in a 4 block radius. I have 10, 8 of which are delis pedaling sammies. One is roast and one is the pub where I am usually a regular and I'd feel bad doing the meal pass. There are a handful of good lunch spots up here and they just aren't on the app. Affordable lunch elludes us in the luxury shopping corridor. 

 
Nick Vermeil said:
I just spent some time skimming the map because I'm sitting in the dark hoping my kids will sleep. In your neighborhood you have at least 40 choices in a 4 block radius. I have 10, 8 of which are delis pedaling sammies. One is roast and one is the pub where I am usually a regular and I'd feel bad doing the meal pass. There are a handful of good lunch spots up here and they just aren't on the app. Affordable lunch elludes us in the luxury shopping corridor. 
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damn- seems like you're in a blackhole there. but looks like there are more spots south and east- if you have the extra few minutes to hoof or citibike it

 
BTW do I have to do anything special when I get there? I assume I just go up to the counter like I was picking up a Seamless order. Do I have to show them the email confirmation I got, or the "your meal is reserved" screen on the app?

 
RUSF18 said:
BTW do I have to do anything special when I get there? I assume I just go up to the counter like I was picking up a Seamless order. Do I have to show them the email confirmation I got, or the "your meal is reserved" screen on the app?
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I've only had one place ask to see the email confirmation- Davios on Lex. every other place I just walk in, ask for the mealpal, give my name and cross it off their list. 

places typically have a "mealpal" sign on the counter- I go to that and ask if I'm in the right place. 

 
God, we getting old.

This thread was once about chasing tail and whats a good hangover spot, now we are getting geeked on prepped meals. :oldbanana:

 
RUSF18 said:
In on Mealpal with the Flop.

There's a new sandwich place not far from me that has looked pretty good but I could tell was overpriced. Their offering tomorrow is right up my alley, and at $6 and change, well worth it I'm guessing. 
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First review...very positive. Large sandwich, very fresh bread, good quality meat/cheese. $11 + tax would probably be a little high (but not as high as I was expecting), so this was a steal at the MP price. 

 
holy hell. terrible, terrible story.

Manhattan parents struggling to pay their doctors’ bills jumped to their deaths early Friday — leaving double suicide notes pleading that their two kids be cared for, a law enforcement source told The Post.

The bodies of the 53-year-old man and 50-year-old woman — who claimed they had had a “wonderful life” — were found in the middle of the street on 33rd Street between Park and Madison avenues in Murray Hill after the pair jumped from the 9th-floor window of a 17-story corner office building on Madison Avenue at about 5:45 a.m., police said.

The woman had a suicide note in her pocket that read, “in sum and substance, ‘Our kids are upstairs, please take care of them,’” the source said.

The man had a typed note in his pocket that began with “WE HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE.”

“Patricia and I had everything in life,” read the note, which touched on the couple’s “financial spiral” and how “we can not live with” the “financial reality.”

The source added that a line of the note contained words to the effect: “’We both have medical issues, we just can’t afford the health care.’”

The victims’ identities were not immediately released.
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jamny said:
You don't get much nicer summer weather than today! :thumbup:  
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most incredible weather day of the year,  thus far - 75, light breeze, not a cloud in the sky ... and ZERO HUMIDITY!!1!  <----- that's the key. 

a gift.  hope y'all enjoy this one  :yes:

 
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